SS7CG4a&b Southern & Eastern Asia's Governments

In a parliamentary government, unlike the presidential system, the head of government belongs to which branch?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• National

In which form of government is the opportunity for citizen involvement the HIGHEST?

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

Which nation would MOST LIKELY be associated with restrictions on personal liberties like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press?

• North Korea

• South Korea

• Japan

• India

In which nation would you be MOST LIKELY to find censorship of information, news, or any speech that is critical of the government?

• India

• Japan

• China

• South Korea

Which nation experienced a communist revolution in the years immediately following World War II?

• Afghanistan

• China

• Japan

• Russia

Both the Republic of India and Japan are examples of parliamentary republics. In both nations the legislative branch is ___, or made up of two houses.

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Appointed

• Proportional

The president of this country is elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of Parliament and the legislatures of the states.

• China

• India

• Japan

• North Korea

• South Korea

The national legislature of this country basically rubber-stamps decisions made by the Communist Party.

• China

• India

• Japan

• North Korea

• South Korea

The voting age is 19 in this country.

• China

• India

• Japan

• North Korea

• South Korea

If India and Japan are both parliamentary democracies, how do they determine their leaders?

• The citizens vote on the legislature, then members of the legislature select the leaders.

• The citizens do not get to choose the leaders.

• The leaders are passed down through generations.

• The citizens directly vote on the leaders in both countries.